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 Alpharius wrote:

 ironicsilence wrote:
went live at 9am (central time) in the states so most people are up


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 Alpharius wrote:
Did BONES I have an 11 month to delivery thing too?

no it didnt, the large shipping time is one thing that might make me drop my pledge

I didn't think so, but BONES I was also rather late too, right?

I'm guessing that's a 'lesson learned' for them then?

thats a good shout, bones 1 had a march 2013 ship date, and I dont remember when it came but I think it was a few months late


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early bird wave 1 is gone

I guess they did not anticipate Bones 1 to get THAT high and thus their estimated delivery date was based on a much lower amount of miniatures/backers.

They are playing it safe and that can ONLY be considered professional.

forget 300k in 24 hours. This is going to hit that in 1 hour. Im betting 500k by end day.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm in for now, but I WILL cancel my pledge if we don't see solid international shipping info with cushioning. I see no reason why I should subsidize shipping for american backers.

Same here. I was interested, but despite knowing that the $100 tier will be an amazing value, I'm afraid the S&H (plus possible border fees) might amount to "$Texas", and I've already spent that on Robotech minis. No real need to buy in for other games at the moment, but I'll pop in a dollar to keep my options open. Wave two being estimated a month after wave one doesn't seem like that bad a deal.

Paint set... mmhh.. yeah, why not ^^
12 colo(u)s for $18 is not that bad.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm in for now, but I WILL cancel my pledge if we don't see solid international shipping info with cushioning. I see no reason why I should subsidize shipping for american backers.

You're not; you're paying what it'll cost to ship to your country, so they don't need to provide a single ROW shipping cost. Maybe they'll provide a few tiers of shipping as well so you can chose whatever level you feel provides the best value. I think they also underestimated the shipping cost last time and got burned pretty badly.

RoninXiC wrote:
Isn't it still super early in the States? I guess this one will gather up some speed in the "near future"

For the western US it is, by for us in the east it's almost lunch time.

I don't get it

In their website they mention: "In January 2013, the United States Postal Service updated their service rates and raised their prices across the board. While we can still provide a free shipping option to domestic and international purchases placed in our store, the order minimums had to go up to match.

Effectively immediately, we offer free shipping on orders placed in US Dollars for $35, €70 Euros, £60 GBP, or $100 AUD"

If they can do it for their normal orders fos such prices why not also for the Kickstarter?

 DiabolicAl wrote:
forget 300k in 24 hours. This is going to hit that in 1 hour. Im betting 500k by end day.

I don't think you are wrong! amazing

Normal prices includes a markup. Bones do not. If you want Bones with free shipping, order them from the Reaper website. You'll end up paying much more.

I like those alternate bugbear sculpts. Wish there was a way to buy them as an add-on instead of only being able to get them as part of the core set, that would've likely gotten me to pledge.

Are those bugbears currently available in metal? I had only seen Tre Manor's one bugbear sculpt before (which I bought 2 of in metal ) not these.

 corgan wrote:
I don't get it

In their website they mention: "In January 2013, the United States Postal Service updated their service rates and raised their prices across the board. While we can still provide a free shipping option to domestic and international purchases placed in our store, the order minimums had to go up to match.

Effectively immediately, we offer free shipping on orders placed in US Dollars for $35, €70 Euros, £60 GBP, or $100 AUD"

If they can do it for their normal orders fos such prices why not also for the Kickstarter?

because that's based on the idea that you're buying 5-10 figs at full MSRP for 70 euro and it only costs them like 10 bucks to ship them, not a giant box full of 1000 miniatures that costs $77 to ship.

The minis from the kickstarter are so muchc cheaper compared to the same minis from any onlinestore months later.

 corgan wrote:
I don't get it

In their website they mention: "In January 2013, the United States Postal Service updated their service rates and raised their prices across the board. While we can still provide a free shipping option to domestic and international purchases placed in our store, the order minimums had to go up to match.

Effectively immediately, we offer free shipping on orders placed in US Dollars for $35, €70 Euros, £60 GBP, or $100 AUD"

If they can do it for their normal orders fos such prices why not also for the Kickstarter?

That's a good question - you should probably ask them.

Got in the early buy.. Cant wait

I see your points.

Well said

Herzlos wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm in for now, but I WILL cancel my pledge if we don't see solid international shipping info with cushioning. I see no reason why I should subsidize shipping for american backers.

You're not; you're paying what it'll cost to ship to your country, so they don't need to provide a single ROW shipping cost. Maybe they'll provide a few tiers of shipping as well so you can chose whatever level you feel provides the best value. I think they also underestimated the shipping cost last time and got burned pretty badly.

US shipping is free, that means the cost of it is spread amongst all backers. I pay actual cost for my own shipping and part of the cost for the free US shipping that I do not benefit form.

Good God those stretch goals are flying!

For whatever reason the pictures aren't displaying for me here at work, other than the main image on the front page.

I wouldn't be surprised if we're able to add sets of figures from the basic pledge as add ons at a later time. Those bugbears and gnolls are really nice- plus we're already getting a few tossed in as it is.

I truly wonder what kind of stuff they've got cooked up. I swear it looked like they had a cave/ canyon base (more like playset) shown off in that video.

Very happy to see that big dragon man in the base pledge, as I was actually thinking of ordering him in metal today. Guess not now!

That Chimera looks great!

 lord_blackfang wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm in for now, but I WILL cancel my pledge if we don't see solid international shipping info with cushioning. I see no reason why I should subsidize shipping for american backers.

You're not; you're paying what it'll cost to ship to your country, so they don't need to provide a single ROW shipping cost. Maybe they'll provide a few tiers of shipping as well so you can chose whatever level you feel provides the best value. I think they also underestimated the shipping cost last time and got burned pretty badly.

US shipping is free, that means the cost of it is spread amongst all backers. I pay actual cost for my own shipping and part of the cost for the free US shipping that I do not benefit form.

Well....unless actual shipping is the difference between average US shipping and the cost to your country. I wouldn't assume at this point - once things slow down there will likely be much more communication on that point, as it obviously is a concern for many people.

It would be nice to get a discount on shipping equal to the average amount that it costs to ship to US backers.

$12 for that Dragon seems nice!

 lord_blackfang wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm in for now, but I WILL cancel my pledge if we don't see solid international shipping info with cushioning. I see no reason why I should subsidize shipping for american backers.

You're not; you're paying what it'll cost to ship to your country, so they don't need to provide a single ROW shipping cost. Maybe they'll provide a few tiers of shipping as well so you can chose whatever level you feel provides the best value. I think they also underestimated the shipping cost last time and got burned pretty badly.

US shipping is free, that means the cost of it is spread amongst all backers. I pay actual cost for my own shipping and part of the cost for the free US shipping that I do not benefit form.

Not necessarily. US Shipping is factored into US pledges. International shipping is partially factored into the International pledges. You are likely paying the difference between that and the actual cost.

If they aren't doing it that way, they are idiots. They don't strike me as idiots.

But hey, I don't know for sure.

~Eric

Plus these are VERY nice Freebies!

I'm glad reaper isnt emailing the day one updates to all backers

Backed!

There are 4000 potential $100 Sweet Spot pledge slots.

That's $400,000 - and if they don't get a ton of people making a ton of additional pledge add-ons, can this one get too much higher?

BONES I had 16475 $100 Vampire backers.

Did they say that they'll be opening up more $100 slots?

EDIT

Did they just open up another 2000 slots, with a later shipping date?

I think we can see their plan!

I just did the conversion from USD to GBP and the base level is only around £62. first thing that came to mind was the Witch elf pricing. Damn GW....

 Alpharius wrote:
There are 4000 potential $100 Sweet Spot pledge slots.

That's $400,000 - and if they don't get a ton of people making a ton of additional pledge add-ons, can this one get too much higher?

BONES I had 16475 $100 Vampire backers.

Did they say that they'll be opening up more $100 slots?

EDIT

Did they just open up another 2000 slots, with a later shipping date?

I think we can see their plan!

I'm guessing they are doing this to make shipping easier later? First come first served if you will.

Yeah they are opening up more pledge levels as time goes on, really smart if you ask me as it allows them to manage shipping expectations up front